Tackling & Tracking
with Sir Graham Henry

Every top team has a top defence. If you're not a good defensive team, you won’t win championships. Tackle technique is the key. I break this down into two components: tracking and tackling. This video takes you through the activities I use to develop individual tackle technique, the foundations of good defence and a winning team.

Part 1. Tackling & Tracking
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Graham Henry takes us through the skill of tracking an opponent well. If you can put an opponent in a position that best suits you, you are more likely to make your tackles.

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Course reviews

What a Legend
Excellent coaching skills
Thanks

Harrison WearmouthNew Zealand

Great information and drills. Thanks

Mark MandersonUSA

An unrivaled master: simply exceptionally clear

Luca GubinelliItaly

The best explanation on tracking I have seen,very informative and easy to understand.

nigel tremainAustralia

RFU guidelines prohibit contact in youth rugby until 2 weeks before the season commences. However the superb “Tackling and Tracking” skill drills leading up to the full contact tackle can be used in the weeks prior to full contact to help prepare young players to quickly move into “full tackle” mode when allowed to do so. I will be using these drills with my U17s in our next training session prior to full contact under RFU guidelines. Excellent presentation by the Master.

Thanking you Graham…… Is there any chance of getting videos on Maul defense and attacking maul set-ups?
Thanks Love “The rugby site!!!!”

Ian Rory SoronganAustralia

spectacular I loved the video
great advise

Alistar Rogers New Zealand

Are those… TJ Perenara, Lima Sopoaga and Julian Savea ??

Sebastian SuarezArgentina

Excellent drill & principles, suggest mentioning;
1) driving forward from legs into contact
2) tackler transfers their body weight into & at point of contact
3) teaching that all tackles should finish with tackler regaining their feet and looking to attack & turnover the ball.

Herb ParkerIreland

I am an American football coach. I like the drills shown and learned the hands-in technique

Heath HintonUSA

Good, simple stuff that’s easy to understand.

Keith HamiltonIreland

It is cool

Jack GerkenNew Zealand

really good instructions

Stiben YigibalomAustralia

Great training video by one of the greatest. I think I spy a young Lima Sopoaga and TJ Perenara in that training squad also. Great how Sir Graham builds it up from the very basic techniques.

Awesome Instructive video, Excellent breakdown in all areas of tracking, tackling and safety of your players. Also love the constant emphasise on the importance of winning the race to the gain line to make ground. Cheers!

Paul PlattsNew Zealand

Excellent, good clear instructions with good demonstrations, I learnt a lot and can’t wait to pass the knowledge on at training!

Jonathan PritchardEngland

Fantastic instructive ..

Hopoate TupouUSA

This will help me lot and like the ideas and the way explain Saminda Silva
Sri Lanka

Saminda SilvaSri Lanka

Puede ser que no lo pueda ver en español?

Gonzalo MontesArgentina

Very instructive, very well made, good presentation

lucien ElissaldeFrance

Awesome series, the progression is fantastic and easily digested by coaches and players.

I’m coaching under 11’s at the moment, these are pure gold techniques for kids this age. I like the contact progression, top tips!

Dean WilliamsEngland

is that TJ Perenara??

Juan F RomanColombia

Provided some positive reinforcement that We are doing the right things in training as a team. This takes the self doubt out and injects some confidence into our coaching techniques. There is a lot of info I use daily that these videos provide.. Very happy I have access. Thanks boys

Anthony OsbornUSA

Wayne is a master at simplifying his ideas. Easy to follow instructions and he never has to tell the players twice.

AL FaaofoNew Zealand

muy bueno la progresion es perfecta

garroArgentina

No me deja verlo en castellano… se podra solucionar???

diego anselmoArgentina

Have always been a big fan of Wayne Smith love the way he gives intruction very informative and all his activities are game orintated just like him heaps the whole site is great.

teiwi walkerAustralia

Great exercise, I use the tackling square drills very frequently for under 16s and progress to 2 v 2 etc full contact. We also do each guy has to tackle each man in turn keep a score and call it the “Top Gun” trophy, not sure they all get the reference (showing my age) but they love the game and all want to be the guy with the most tackles.

kenmurrayScotland

This works really well

Julian MilloGreat Britain & Northern Ireland

Excellent video… good idea for progression from minimal contact to full. Will try this for sure.

George RichmondEngland

muy buen material para trabajar con menores

ricardoPeru

Brilliant!

Roimata MinhinnickNew Zealand

great video really enjoy it..thanks.

Lisiate MasiAustralia

Excellent video. I learned a lot. Can’t wait for the next video

Ramon SolisMexico

really enjoy it…thanks.

Jared TupouUSA

Very Good…the ablity to interact at different levels is higlighted especially with the youner generation. Humour, cheek, excitement, are some examples of how Sir Graham achieves this…

Brent PeneNew Zealand

Excellent and clear, it helps me in my coaching sessions with my U15 and U17.

Didier DesplanqueBelgium

It is a privilege to see videos like this of Sir Graham. Definitely a rugby god.

Will definitely use this drill to aid the tackling technique, tracking is all important especially keeping the feet alive! Fantastic

Andrew DaceyWales

great info.basic but still applies at any level

TonyNew Zealand

Execellent video!!! great content but mainly great communication!!!

Luis CavacoPortugal

Very good!

Mark WellsNew Zealand

thoroughly enjoyed it – thank you Sir!

hakwa Australia

Great video, been using with our Under 9s for the last two week. They actually cheered on Sunday when I said we were doing it again and more importantly it has really helped their confidence in their first year of contact rugby.

Peter GrahamIreland

Great basic technique, good communication, constant appraisals along with player q and a getting the players involved. Along with 3 basic drills that can be used at all age levels

Jock TiernanAustralia

I learnt a lot from this video, mostly about coaching the right body position for tracking and tackling. It was disappointing that no full tackle was shown though. I sympathize for not wanting to bring in too much physicality before a game but it would have added a lot.